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Having come to adulthood in the 90s we all agreed that intellectual property was an oxymoron. It strikes me as odd people worry about the business model of mega

Having come to adulthood in the 90s we all agreed that intellectual property was an oxymoron. It strikes me as odd people worry about the business model of mega corporations. Is it a sense of fairness? I have that instinct, but it doesn't apply to the likes of faang entities.

stavros 5y ago
Yeah, I tend to agree. Those were different times, but computing was so much more interesting before everything was server-based subscriptions.
dragonwriter 5y ago
> Having come to adulthood in the 90s we all agreed that intellectual property was an oxymoron. Having come to adulthood in the 90s, we absolutely did not all agree that.
- labster 5y ago
  Are you sure the people who disagree actually came to adulthood, or are they just adult-aged?
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > Are you sure the people who disagree actually came to adulthood More than I am of those who don't.
- galangalalgol 5y ago
  I shouldn't try to speak for a whole generation, you are right. The background of being told it was legal to tape movies from tv and songs from the radio and trade them, as long as we didn't charge money, and then when the BBSs and then internet apeared being told those rules didn't apply anymore made many of us decide we were not responsible for technology invalidating the business model of corporations that shared so little with those whose creations they profited from. The legality of it meant little given its unenforceable nature.
MomoXenosaga 5y ago
I read too many history books as a child. You learn that stealing is for lack of a better word "good".
- galangalalgol 5y ago
  Can you explain what you mean? I certainly wouldn't conflate copyright infringement with theft, that was propaganda by riaa and crew that was far more successful than I thought it would be when they started it. And depending on jurisdiction time-shifting (recording for later) isn't copyright infringement.

stavros 5y ago

Yeah, I tend to agree. Those were different times, but computing was so much more interesting before everything was server-based subscriptions.

dragonwriter 5y ago

> Having come to adulthood in the 90s we all agreed that intellectual property was an oxymoron. Having come to adulthood in the 90s, we absolutely did not all agree that.

labster 5y ago
Are you sure the people who disagree actually came to adulthood, or are they just adult-aged?
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Are you sure the people who disagree actually came to adulthood More than I am of those who don't.
galangalalgol 5y ago
I shouldn't try to speak for a whole generation, you are right. The background of being told it was legal to tape movies from tv and songs from the radio and trade them, as long as we didn't charge money, and then when the BBSs and then internet apeared being told those rules didn't apply anymore made many of us decide we were not responsible for technology invalidating the business model of corporations that shared so little with those whose creations they profited from. The legality of it meant little given its unenforceable nature.

MomoXenosaga 5y ago

I read too many history books as a child. You learn that stealing is for lack of a better word "good".

galangalalgol 5y ago
Can you explain what you mean? I certainly wouldn't conflate copyright infringement with theft, that was propaganda by riaa and crew that was far more successful than I thought it would be when they started it. And depending on jurisdiction time-shifting (recording for later) isn't copyright infringement.